Tyson Fury "Will Fight Again In Early 2017"- Trainer Claims

Tyson Fury’s trainer has laughed off reports that the heavyweight world champion will never fight again.

 

Peter Fury, who is also the boxer’s uncle, spoke to the Bayloric TV Boxing channel and is quoted in the Daily Mirror saying that his man will not be back before the end of this year, since he is still dealing with the physical and mental health issues which caused him to pull out of an already-rescheduled rematch with Wladimir Klitschko next month.

But the trainer is totally confident that boxing’s most controversial champion will be back in the ring before long.

“I don’t want to see him set foot in that ring until I see 100 per cent Tyson Fury back mentally and physically – until that, the best place is at home,” said Peter Fury.

 

“It certainly won’t be this year, it will probably be early next year. He will be back.

The trainer went on to rubbish the suggestion, made last week by Anthony Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn, that Fury will never box again, and that he should be stripped of his titles.

“Eddie is now a promoter, a doctor, a psychiatrist, a psychologist, all rolled into one,” he said in sarcastic tone. “

Tyson Fury "Will Fight Again In Early 2017"- Trainer Claims

Fury-Klitschko Rematch Off

Tyson Fury’s rematch with Wladimir Klitschko is to be called off for a second time, Press Association Sport understands.

The pair are due to meet in Manchester on October 29, with Fury defending the WBA and WBO heavyweight belts he took off Klitschko last November.

One attempt at a rematch has already been abandoned because of an ankle injury sustained by Fury and it is now understood the fight will be called off for a second time.

After Fury’s injury it then emerged that UK-Anti Doping (UKAD) had charged the champion, over a urine sample taken in February 2015, and his cousin Hughie with a doping offence.

It was alleged the sample – taken nine months before his defeat of Klitschko – contained traces of the banned substance nandrolone. Fury was provisionally suspended, but that ban has since been lifted, and his legal team said they would be suing UKAD over the allegations. His hearing will be held in November.

Fury was last week due to attend a press conference with Klitschko, but failed to show up, with his manager citing car problems.

There was no comment from either camp on Friday.

Fury-Klitschko Rematch Off

Tyson Ridicules The Decision of Professional Boxers Fighting at The Olympics

Mike Tyson has branded the Amateur International Boxing Association’s (AIBA) decision to let professional fighters take part in the 2016 Rio Olympics as “ridiculous” and “foolish”.

Professional boxers would feature at the Olympic games as long as a constitutional change went through in June, AIBA said earlier this year.

Former world heavyweight champion Tyson, who as an amateur won gold at the 1981 and 1982 Junior Olympic Games, said on Wednesday that professional boxers would be stunned by the fast-paced fighting style of the amateur fighters.

“It’s ridiculous, it’s foolish, and some of the pro fighters are going to get beat by the amateurs. It’s just going to happen, I really believe that,” the 49-year-old said in China, where he is attending the 33rd IBF convention.

“If they are like the amateur fighters that I was fighting in the 80s… they are going to beat some of the champions. It’s just going to happen. These guys will be fast for three or four rounds, and these guys are not going to be accustomed to that”.

 

On the other hand Carl Frampton, who has relinquished his IBF super-bantamweight title, says the change is “ridiculous” and amateur and pro boxing are “two different sports”.

Tyson Ridicules The Decision of Professional Boxers Fighting at The Olympics